FEATURED STORIES:
- Ticketmaster buys VIP ticketing firm SLO.
- eMusic Grabs 2 Earthlink execs and joins Caravan Project?
- Indie label trade group A2IM turns 3 and hooks up with international Independents Day
- JOIN THE DEBATE: Are Indies bing left out of Music 2.0? and Will the labels share new "taxes" with artists?
> Sirius and XM extended their merger deadline as the FCC’s decision looms. (press release)
> Digital NARM will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco. Hypebot will have full coverage.
> ASCAP responds to the court decision forcing major online music sites Yahoo!, AOL and Real to pay millions of dollars in royalties. (ASCAP) Here’s the court decision as a PDF.
> At the same time, more US House members are signing on to oppose performance royalty payments from broadcast radio. (FMQB)
> Meebo, a provider of cross platform web messaging and chat rooms that can be embedded on local sites has grabbed $25 million in funding. (press release)
> A new IFPI and RIAA pamplet and campaign tryies to scare parents into stopping their kids from downloading music (pdf) Viruses,lawsuits and bear, Oh my!
